TEHRAN (FNA)- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi underlined Berlin's resolve to further expand relations and cooperation with Tehran.

During the meeting in Berlin on Tuesday, Steinmeier expressed pleasure with the results of the Vienna nuclear talks between Tehran and the world powers which resulted in an agreement, and stressed the further bolstering of relations and cooperation with Iran in all fields.

Takht Ravanchi, for his part, stressed Iran's readiness to develop cooperation with Germany in different arenas.

Steinmeier is due to visit Iran in October at the invitation of his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Steinmeier in a phone conversation with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani late August expressed the hope that his October visit to Iran would lead to the further development of Berlin's relations with Tehran.

"Conditions are ripe for the expansion of relations with Iran in all fields," Steinmeier said during the phone talk held from Frankfurt where Larijani had stopped for some hours before heading to New York to participate in the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at the UN headquarters.

He referred to the proper and positive international conditions created after the nuclear talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany), and underlined Iran's strong potentials for economic cooperation.

Steinmeier expressed the hope that during his October trip to Tehran, both sides would be able to take positive steps to develop cooperation.

Larijani, for his part, pointed to Germany's positive role in the recent nuclear negotiations, and voiced hope that the German officials and companies' visits to Tehran would lead to the reinforcement of economic relations between the two countries.

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